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**Victoria is a state of Australia, in the south-east of the country.Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively.** **Victoria is Australia's most densely populated state, and has a highly centralised population, with almost 75% of Victorians living in Melbourne, the state capital and largest city.** **Victoria, like Queensland, was named after Queen Victoria, the monarch at the time.** **After the founding of the colony of New South Wales in 1788, Australia was divided into an eastern half named New South Wales and a western half named New Holland, under the administration of the colonial government in Sydney. The first European settlement in the area later known as Victoria was established in October 1803 under Lieutenant-Governor David Collins at Sullivan Bay, Victoria on Port Phillip.**

**Victoria's Flag**

**1. Places we would visit.**

**1. National Gallery of Victoria**

**  The National Gallery of Victoria is an art gallery and museum in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in1861. It is the oldest and largest public art gallery in Australia. **

** 2. Healesville Sanctuary **

** The Healesville Sanctuary is a zoo speciallizing in Native Australian animals. It is located in Healesville in rural Victoria, Australia. It is one of the two places that successfully bred a platypus. **

**3. Otway Fly Treetop Adventures**

**Otway Fly Treetop Adventures is a 1 hour rainforest walk. It features a 600mt long and 30mt high steel structured treetop canopy walkway that takes you right up into the trees. Its the longest and tallest walkway of its kind in the world!**

**Other places we could visit.**

**Central Deborah gold Mine**

Werribee Open Range Zoo

**2. Geographical Landforms of Victoria**

**The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south-east of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Much of the peninsula has been cleared for agriculture and settlements. About 135,000 people live on the peninsula.**

**It is perhaps Australia's most important irrigated region and is widely known as the food bowl of the nation.**
 * [[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS6yKi_5M90X4vtg7z_5m4dAeU56ZnJ8FvyUBzG1KdyT7pNUTYc width="243" height="154"]] The Murray River is Australia's longest river. It flows through several lakes that fluctuate in salinity. **

**Twelve Apostles**


 * The apostles were formed by erosion the harsh weather conditions from the Southern ocean gradually eroded the soft limestone to form caves in the cliffs, which then became arches, which in turn collapsed; leaving rock stacks up to 45 metres high.The site was known as the //Sow and Piglets// until 1922 (Muttonbird Island, near Loch Ard Gorge, was the //Sow//, and the smaller rock stacks the //Piglets// after which it was renamed to //The Apostles// for tourism purposes. The formation eventually became known as the //Twelve Apostles//, despite only ever having nine stacks . **

**3. The clothes we would pack.**

**Climate-Victoria has a varied climate despite its small size. It ranges from semi-arid and hot in the north-west, to temperate and cool along the coast. Victoria's main land feature, the Great Dividing Range, produces a cooler, mountain climate in the centre of the state.The Mallee and upper Wimmera are Victoria's warmest regions with hot winds blowing from nearby deserts.The Victorian Alps in the northeast are the coldest part of Victoria.**

**What we would pack - It all really depends on what part of Victoria your staying in. If I was staying in the north-west I would pack shorts,tee-shirts,sandles, and skirts. If I was staying in the along the coast I would pack jeans, jacket, sneakers, and shirts.**

**4. Why I would recommand Victoria.**
 * I would recommand Victoria because it is an amazing place. It has everything you could possibly imagine to zoos, beautiful beaches, Otway Fly Treetop Adventure, amazing animals, Healesville Sanctuary, and The Murray River. It is overall an outstanding place! - Alex Dolan **


 * I would reccomend Victoria because it has many beautiful features.It is also home to many beautiful animals such as the kangeroo, koala, and the walibee. It has a very cool and warm temperature do you dont have to worry about it being to hot or cold, it's just the right temperature. **
 * That's why i recommend Victoria, Australia. -Sianny **

**5. Extra Facts!**
 * I would recommand victoria because it is a nice place to vist there is alot of fun things to there. - Shea **
 * I would want to visit Victoria Because when I was reading about it it looked like such an interesting place - Tatiana **

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 * Victoria is Australia’s second-smallest state, covering 227,600 square kilometres – roughly the size of the British Isles. **
 * Victoria’s capital, Melbourne is located around the shores of Port Phillip Bay **
 * Victoria produces almost a quarter of Australia’s total rural output.**
 * Victoria is also an important producer of timber from its 8 million hectares of forests. This includes 223 000 hectares of forest plantations **
 * A major aluminium smelting industry is located at Portland and Point Henry, producing about half a million tonnes of aluminium a year **
 * Some of the sports in Victoria are criket, football, basketball and netball **
 * __Here are some famous people born in Melbourne,Victoria. Chris Hemsworth,Liam Hemsworth,Emily Browning,and Anna Torv.__ **